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Multigenre, Multiple Intelligences, and Transcendentalism

by Colleen A. Ruggieri

Multigenre, Multiple Intelligences, and Transcendentalism
Grades
8 - 12
Type
Journal
Published
November 2002
Publisher
NCTE

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Description

Colleen A. Ruggieri offers a multigenre, mulltiple intelligences unit on transcendentalism complete with suggested texts and an assessment plan.

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Calendar Activity
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Author & Text
David Macaulay was born in 1946.
Students use the Multigenre Mapper interactive to explore Macaulay's use of multiple genres by composing original multigenre texts.
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9 - 12
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Lesson Plan
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Unit
Examining Transcendentalism through Popular Culture
Using excerpts from the works of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, comics, and songs from different musical genres, students examine the characteristics of transcendentalism.
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9 - 12
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Blogtopia: Blogging about Your Own Utopia
Students work together to create their own utopias, using blogs as the primary source of publication.
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9 - 12
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Standard Lesson
Analyzing and Comparing Medieval and Modern Ballads
Students explore the ballads genre by reading medieval ballads to deduce their characteristics, acting out the ballads, comparing medieval and modern ballads using Venn diagrams, and composing their own ballads.